Obsession: ZARA BAGS

While it may have taken me a whie to realise it, I have come to the solid conclusion that I have a serious obsession with bags made by Zara. In all shapes, sizes, colours, for any occassion. They are easily dressed up or down and some have the capability to carry your whole world (trust me I know). I can spend hours pouring over photos on the website and popping in store when I am having a down day to have a good look at them. Don't get me wrong I am actually obsessed with Zara as a shop in general. Evey payday carries a lunch time dash to the nearest Zara shop with a mental list of things to grab. The thing, I think, about the bags though is that while some of them carry quite large price tags (for my pay packet at least) they make really similar but cheaper versions of them. With this in mind and also considering that since I was a child I always had a great love for bags, usually with my last £30 pound in the bank and a week to go until I get paid again, I spend it on a packet of cigarettes and a little something from Zara to brighten up the day.

Having said that, towards the end of last week, this purchase was made....

Took it home, removed the stuffing and the next day threw it on with a pair of blue jeans and my new trench coat. Simple. It has a long strap as well and cost £23. Like I was going to say no to that. My mum always said I would rather spend my last money on bags and shoes than being able to eat. 

At the moment I have a sizeable list of Zara bag buys so I thought I would just show you  few of them, all of which are still available online or in stores at the moment (yes I checked).

I hope everyone is having a fanstic weekend, despite the cold weather and snow here in England!! I'm still going shopping today though, and i'll probably waltz into Zara like it's an extension to my house!

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Day and Night: MAWI EARRINGS

Every woman has them, and every woman does it. I am referring to the simple wardrobe staples and the ability to dress them up for the night time and  dresss them down for the day. I, however do it with the majority of my wardrobe. I am talking maybe 85-90% of it. I can easily wear that tight bodycon dress that i wear out, during the day with some flat pumps, and oversized bag and a leather jacket, and wearing the high waisted shorts with a pair of skyscraper ankle boots rather than converse, is a simple and effective switch to make.

I have, however, realised that I don't apply the same dressing method to my jeans. Maybe cos I own two pairs of jeans, and rarely wear them. But since the cold weather has decended upon us, when walking my dog, I've both ruined my black skinnies and fallen back in love with them at the same time. I think some staple shopping is in order before christmas.

Anyway, this is, about a pair of earrings, I spotted whilst browsing mywardrobe.com. I have 5 days until payday so this is a ridiculously, silly thing to do. I create a mental list, by the time friday comes, I would have forgotten most of it.

A simple way to liven up your wardrobe staple jeans and t-shirt. For the day; Nike Blazers, Zara slouch bag. For Night; Zara studded leather clutch and suede Charlotte Olympia heels. Jeans are Topshop, t-shirt by Acne and MAWI earrings.

When I think about it I could probably very easily recreate these looks by delving into those monster wardobes I have.

If you ever have a spare afternoon, look through your wardrobe and start pairing things that you wouldnt normally wear together, with each other. Believe me its so easy and once I started doing it, it actually started changing the way I looked at pieces I wanted in the shops before buying them. If youve read back in this blog you'll know that, I can like an item of clothing, but as soon as I start building outfit ideas in my head thats when I fall in love with it.

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